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Department of Special Education

Department of Special Education. Capital Improvement Project Initiatives. Purpose . Department of Special Education Goals Target Student Population Program Considerations Review of Completed Projects Future Projects. Prince George’s County Public Schools Goal.

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Department of Special Education

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  1. Department of Special Education Capital Improvement Project Initiatives

  2. Purpose • Department of Special Education Goals • Target Student Population • Program Considerations • Review of Completed Projects • Future Projects

  3. Prince George’s County Public Schools Goal • Increase opportunities for students with significant cognitive disabilities • To achieve a seamless, comprehensive system of coordinated services to children and students birth through 21, and their families.

  4. Separate Day Placements Prince George’s County Public Schools currently has four separate day placements for students with significant cognitive disabilities: • Tanglewood Regional School • Margaret Brent Regional School • James E. Duckworth Regional School • C. Elizabeth Rieg

  5. Department of Special Education Goals • Transition students in our separate day placements to comprehensive schools • Create a complete feeder system that addresses each of the four separate day placements • Facilitate the education of students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment • Increase inclusion with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible.

  6. Student Population • Students with significant Intellectual Disabilities • Students with significant Orthopedic Disabilities • Students with Autism • Students with significant communication delays • Students who are medically fragile

  7. Other Identified Student Needs Support Programs and Related Services: • Audiology • Assistive Technology • Speech and Language • Occupational Therapy • Physical Therapy • Nursing Services • Vision Services • Adapted Physical Education/Aquatics

  8. Program Considerations • Small Class Sizes (6-7 students per class) • Large Classrooms • Bathrooms with shower and changing areas • Health suite • Coordinator’s Office • Conference Room • Related Service offices/work space (Speech and Language • OT/PT/APE Room • Large Storage areas • Vocational Training • Sensory Integration rooms • Technology • Adapted Aquatics

  9. Classrooms • Mobility Equipment (Storage) • Technology • Staff (Teachers, Paraprofessionals, ISEAs, DAs) • Bathrooms with shower/changing area

  10. Health Suite • Staffed by two full-time nurses • Daily feeding site for orthopedically impaired students receiving nutrition intravenously, feeding tube • Provide more isolation and first-aid functions • Need secure storage of medical supplies and records, disposable diapers, and extra garments

  11. Related Service Needs • APE/OT/PT Room • Speech and Language Therapy Room • Adapted Aquatics facility

  12. Specialized Program Needs • Vocational Training Room • Computer Lab • Sensory Integration Lab Each program has particular physical requirements, and is ideally provided in a dedicated space.

  13. Inclusion Considerations • Primary entrance to facility should be through or adjacent to main building entrance • Convenient access to building food service facilities • Convenient access to physical education facilities • Main corridors between these features and the Regional facility should be equipped with wall handrails.

  14. Program A and B Because it is not economically feasible to provide all of the specialized programs, particularly a therapy tank at each regional program school, two separate programs of space requirements have been developed: full-program, “Program A,” and a smaller limited-program, “Program B” The goal is to provide services for approximately 30-50 students with significant cognitive disabilities at comprehensive schools

  15. Program A

  16. Program B 14,050 square feet

  17. Model CIP Projects Panorama Elementary School • Program B • 5 Classrooms Surrattsville High School • Program B • 5 Classrooms

  18. Future High School Facilities Oxon Hill HS • Program B • 5 Classrooms Fairmont HS • Program B • 5 Classrooms High Point HS • Program B • 5 Classrooms

  19. Future Middle Schools Stephen Decatur Middle School • Program B • 5 Classrooms Charles Carroll Middle School • Program B • 7 classrooms

  20. Future Elementary Sites Clinton Grove Elementary • Program A • 7 classrooms James E. Duckworth Elementary • Comprehensive Elementary School • Program A • 7 classrooms Margaret Brent Elementary • Comprehensive Elementary School • Program A • 7 classrooms

  21. Questions? Joan Rothgeb, Director of Special Education John Carroll Elementary 301-618-8338 Scott Geist, Coordinating Supervisor, Support Programs and Services John Carroll Elementary 301-618-8337

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